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Friday, June 21, 2013

MILKSOP Chapter 23

"Biography is a very
definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on
the east by obituary, and on the west by tedium." Philip Guedalla

Archie often read and mused
about the quote by Guedalla and tried to fit himself within its boundaries.
Since the East was the last place he wished to visit due to its permanence, he
focused upon the other three.

His was a short history;
still he had arrived at a point where he had a good wife, graduated from Law School,
and had a good job where he could pay his bills with some left over.

It was in that setting that the
daily grind was beginning to wear on him.

Had he been the helmsman it
would have been less tedious, but he was an oarsman, and it was his job to help
move the ship forward.

The days for Alice were more
exciting although not incredibly exciting.

She was in a pool of court
reporters that arrived just before eight and waited to see if they were given
an assignment for the day. If they were assigned to a criminal case they might
be there for a long time.

Each case was different, and
their duties varied with the case, so they had to stay on their toes ready for
whatever came their way.

The office pool was an
interesting place because if they were without assignment they just sat around
and gossiped about other women who were in the legal profession.

Each large law office also
had a secretarial pool to draw from. Some
of the attorneys had a private secretary while others used them on an "as
needed" regimen.

Archie was to have his own
secretary, he just had to select one from the pool but he hadn't decided on one
yet.

The girls in the pool were
competing for the job with Archie, and he was enjoying watching each of them do
their thing.

Meanwhile back to the court
secretarial pool the gossips were in full swing.

Then one spoke up and said,
“Have you heard about the young attorney over at M & A. the girls are
competing to see who gets to be his private secretary.”